Wu Ding looked slightly taken aback. "You want to enter the underground black market?"
"Listen to yourself," Li Chen said. "As rogue cultivators out in the wilds, how could we miss such an important channel? Just be our guide and take us there for a look."
"All right," Wu Ding said. "But it's only noon. Let's find somewhere to settle in first. We'll still make it in time."
The black market generally only opened at night, and none of the three were in any hurry. After their meal, they checked into an inn and asked around about the teleportation array.
The results were unsurprising. Since its last operation had been in the middle of the month, its next should be scheduled for the first ten days of the coming month. The wait would be no longer than a month.
"Just as expected. They have to carry out routine inspections and maintenance first. Only after making sure there are no problems will they start accepting reservations, so we'll have to linger here a while before heading to the Linhai Region."
"This is both the normal operating cycle of the great teleportation array and a deliberately imposed obstacle, set by the city's powerful figures to keep the economy flowing and support their people."
"From my experience, tickets should go on sale around the first of next month. Then we'll have to wait a few more days before we can leave. That gives us just enough time to explore the black market and see what the Underworld here has to offer."
So He Ran told Li Chen.
After they finished asking about the matter, Li Chen said to He Ran, "Brother He, let's disguise ourselves. Better prepared than caught off guard."
Over the past while, He Ran had seen Li Chen's Shape-Stealing Skin-Painting